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Beyond the Byline: ‘Agnes’ shows how we lost our everythings
WILKES-BARRE I realize it s the beginning of March and we are still in the deep throes of a pandemic, but this week I want to talk about June of 1972, the Agnes Flood and its devastation.
Casey introduces legislation to protect nursing home residents and workers
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey this week said more than 170,000 residents and workers in long-term care settings have died From COVID-19, accounting for approximately 35 percent of deaths in the U.S.
Beyond the byline: Those first jobs that helped shape us
We ve all had many jobs before we entered our career path.
Beyond the byline: Making memories with a Quaker Oats box
Time to fire up the Way Back Machine and head back to 210 Reynolds St. in Plymouth and my kitchen.
House GOP committee launches economic recovery survey for business
After being forced to close or severely curtail their businesses over the last 11 months, Pennsylvania s struggling business owners are being invited to tell state House Republicans what they need to
David A. Jolley: Chalk another one up for the oldies but goodies, especially Arians, Brady
It was a Super Bowl to remember for the oldies but goodies, with 43-year-old Tom Brady winning his record-setting fifth Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award and Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arian
Beyond the Byline: Enjoy Valentine’s Day. I don’t think I will
It s Valentine s Day and up front I will say it s not one of my favorite observations.
Capitol Roundup: Community-based solutions helping Pennsylvanians 65-plus to access vaccine
WILKES-BARRE As the state continues to get vaccine to Phase 1A eligible Pennsylvanians, Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Aging Robert Torres this week highlighted some of the community-based solutions
Seeking Serenity: Meat Loaf, doing ‘that’ and the importance of specificity in language
Some songs are just perfect for driving.
Treasurer Garrity warns of fraud targeting unemployed Pennsylvanians
WILKES-BARRE Treasurer Stacy Garrity is warning Pennsylvanians who are looking for help with state unemployment programs to be cautious and alert for scammers.
Beyond the Byline: ‘Attention Kmart shoppers’
WILKES-BARRE As we get older, we lose parts of who we are and how we got to where we are today.
Beyind the Byline: Super Bowl party of one
WILKES-BARRE The big question leading up to today s Super Bowl LV has been asked and asked over and over for weeks now not in anticipation of the big game, but a far more important matter.
Beyond the Byline: If Punxsutawney Phil could only predict the end of the pandemic
WILKES-BARRE Well folks, it s here again.
Toma still at it
WILKES-BARRE George Toma has been the best in his field his entire life any field, that is.
State working to get more vaccines to Pennsylvanians amid limited supply
WILKES-BARRE Gov. Tom Wolf and Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam provided an update this week on the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine in Pennsylvania and the many challenges that are ahead
Beyond the Byline: Pat and Buddy will never be forgotten
We all desperately looked forward to the end of 2020 the Year of the Pandemic and we focused on 2021 with the hope of better days ahead.
Beyond the Byline: Riding a recumbent bike to better health
In the throes of winter, not to mention a never-ending pandemic, happiness can be a recumbent exercise bike.
AG Shapiro leads coalition in federal lawsuit to protect tipped workers
WILKES-BARRE Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week led a coalition of nine attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop the last ditch effor
Beyond the Byine: A look inside Albert Young’s Journal
PLYMOUTH Steve Kondrad, a member of the board of directors of the Plymouth Historical Society, said Albert Young s journal is an eyewitness account of everyday life in Plymouth in the 1880s and 1890
AG’s ‘State of the Child’ report looks at protection for at-risk children
WILKES-BARRE Auditor General Eugene DePasquale this week called for reforms to Pennsylvania s child abuse appeals process, saying the current system puts children at risk of being re-traumatized by